Fish-hook



Patented Apr. l8, I899.

T. A. SBHLAEBITZ.

FISH HOOK.

{Application filed Sept. 8, 1898.)

(No Model.)

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 623,290, dated April18, 1899.

Application filed September 8, 1898. Serial No. 690,476. (No model.)

i" 0 (Mi whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, THEODORE A. SCHLAE- BITZ, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster and State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFish-Hooks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to fish-hooks,and more particularly to that classknown as triggersct spring-actuated duplex hooks; and the object is toprovide a simple, effective, and reliable device of this character.

To this end the invention consists in certain features'of constructionand combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings the same reference characters indicate the same parts ofthe invention.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my improved duplex spring-actuatedfish-hook as it appears when set. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing thesame sprung. Fig. 3 is a transverse section.

1 denotes a thin sheet-metal tube closed at its upper and open at itslower end and formed with a longitudinal slot 2. I

3 3 denote grooved rollers journaled in the open end of the tube, whichform guides for the shanks of the oppositely-disposed hooks 4c 4, whichare connected by the springs 5, and their upper ends are formed witheyes by means of which they are pivoted to the lower ends of theparallel rods 6 6, which are connected at their upper ends to thefollower 7, formed with a lateral lug 8, which extends through the slot2.

9 denotes a spiral spring encompassing the rods 6 6 and extendingbetween the internal annular shoulder 10 and the follower 7.

12 denotes a spring-arm fixed at its upper end to the tube 1, and in itslower bifurcatedend is fulcrumed the spring-trigger 13, the shorter armof which is arranged to project through a lateral slot 14 in the tube 1and engage the follower 7, while its longer arm is formed with an eye 15to receive the endof the line 16, which passes underthe guide-roller 17and continues thence to the rod or pole, to which it may be attached inthe usual manner.

The manner of using the device is as follows: The hooks are baited, andthe follower is pressed down by means of its lug to compress the spiralspring, project the hooks, and engage the inner end of the trigger, asshown in Fig. 1. WVhen a fish strikes one of the hooks, the strain onthe line withdraws the shorter arm of the trigger from the path of thefollower to release the spring, which in turn closes the hooks togetherand withdraws them into the tube, as shown in Fig. 2, thus eifectuallysecuring the game between the locked hooks.

What I claim is In combination, the longitudinally and transverselyslotted tube 1, the guide roller 17 fixed to the closed end, and theguide-rollers 3 3 fixed in the open end of said tube, the parallel rods.6 6 mounted in said tube, the follower 7 fixed to the upper ends of saidrods and formed with the lateral lug 8, the hooks I 4 pivoted to thelower ends of said rods, the spring-arm 12 fixed at its upper end tosaid tube, the spring-trigger 13 fulcrumed in the free end of said armand having one end pro jecting into the path of said follower, and thespring 5 connecting said pivoted hooks, substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand inpresence of twosubscribing witnesses.

THEODORE A. SOHLAEBITZ.

Witnesses:

G. A. HAGENSICK, ED. 0. KUENZEL.

